Neil Diamond, a new (and final) album with Rick Rubin

Neil Diamond, a new (and final) album with Rick Rubin

ByJohn

A new chapter in the collaboration between Rick Rubin and the giant of American song Neil Diamond: “Wild at Heart” will be released on May 8, which contains songs recorded for 2008’s “Home Before Dark”. The two began working together in 2005 for “12 Songs”.

“Home Before Dark” is Diamond’s first album to reach number 1 in the charts and from the sessions comes archival material to recently completed recordings: nine previously unreleased songs and an alternate version of “Forgotten”. In the years since, that material has been revisited and expanded. Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers also participated in the sessions. “My work with Rick has been a labor of love,” said Diamond, “and I’m happy that these songs will be released to complete our trilogy.”

Diamond retired from live performances in 2018 due to Parkinson’s disease, but continues to appear publicly at awards ceremonies and in connection with the Broadway musical “A Beautiful Noise,” based on his life and songs. We wrote about Home before dark in 2008

The game works, and how: Rubin is a production wizard, the sound of this album is clean, crystalline, essential. Also thanks to the band, half of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell (guitars) and Benmont Tench (keyboards).
Then there’s Diamond’s voice, and there are the songs, truly remarkable. They are also less “cursed” than those of Johnny Casj. But the point is that Diamond is different, and he is differently great, especially in ballads.

John
John

With an untamed passion and deep, eclectic knowledge of music, John is the soul of RadioWise UK. Having worked in the music industry for over two decades, his vision was to create a platform that embodies the love and respect for music. John is known for his great attention to detail and insatiable thirst for discovering new talents and music genres.